Key takeaways
Host: Beth Kaplan, managing director | Deloitte & Touche LLP
1.0 Overview CPE credit | Specialized Knowledge
Sustainability reporting responsibilities are increasingly tasked to the controllership function to meet a complex web of regulations while balancing the need for organizational value. How can controllers manage these expectations? We’ll discuss:
- Understanding value drivers that can be refined through data structures and the roles and responsibilities around data ownership
- Ways to design and implement end-to-end processes and controls
- How to leverage existing systems where possible, and assess the right systems and tools to support controlled, transparent, and accurate reporting
Meet the host

Beth F. Kaplan
Beth is the founder and chief adviser for the Center for ControllershipTM and managing director for Finance Transformation and Controllership Services at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has more than 35 years of experience in roles as an auditor, CFO/controller, and financial operations consultant, and specializes in helping the Controllership function improve overall finance processes, reduce cost of delivery, and reduce risk. She has served some of the largest global and national organizations as they transform their controllership function driven by mergers, accounting changes, and system transformations. Beth has been published several times with insights into financial close and reporting process improvements, effective control design, the role of the controller, and technology transformation for the future of controllership.
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